Montana


State update

Link to death penalty statute

Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

March 1, 1974

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

Yes; also for aggravated assault, or aggravated kidnapping committed while in official detention

How is the sentence determined?

Jury decides on aggravators; judge decides on sentence

Location of death row(s)

Deer Lodge (Women: Warm Springs)

Clemency process

Governor has authority to grant clemency with nonbinding advice of Board of Pardons and Paroles

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

In the past, executions in Montana have taken place around 12 am

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

0

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

N/A



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 3


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